TOWN PANCHAYATS

TOWN PANCHAYATS ADMINISTRATION :

The Town Panchayats in Tamil Nadu which were functioning under Rural Development Department were separated and formed as a separate Department wide G.O. Ms. No. 828 R.D. & L.A. Dept, Dt. 07.05.1981, by amending the Tamil Nadu Municipalities Act 1920 in Act 25. The Town Panchayats are following District Municipalities Act 1920 The District Town Panchayat Officer-cum- P.A. to Collector Town Panchayats post was redesignated as Assistant Director of Town Panchayats. The posts of the Assistant Director of Town Panchayats were organized as zonal setup instead of District set up. The Cuddalore Zone has been formed comprising Cuddalore and Villupuram Districts and the Headquarters is at Cuddalore. The Cuddalore Zone consists of 31 Town Panchayats, (Cuddalore District – 16 & Villupuram District – 15) which are under the administrative control of The Director of Town Panchayats as state level. This zone comprise of Town Panchayats as mentioned below:

TOWN PANCHAYATS ADMINISTRATION :

Cuddalore District

Nof

Villupuram District

Nof

Special Grade Town Panchayat

1

Special Grade Town Panchayats

4

Selection Grade Town Panchayats

10

Selection Grade Town Panchayats

6

First Grade Town Panchayats

4

First Grade Town Panchayats

4

Second Grade Town Panchayat

1

Second Grade Town Panchayat

1

Total

16

Total

15

Cuddalore District – Town Panchayats

S.No

Town Panchayat Grade

Name of the Town Panchayats

Website Address

1

Special Grade Town Panchayat

Annamalainagar

www.townpanchayat.in/annamalainagar

1

Selection Grade Town Panchayats

Kattumannarkoil

www.townpanchayat.in/kattumannarkoil

2

Parangipettai

www.townpanchayat.in/parangipettai

3

Vadalur

www.townpanchayat.in/vadalur

4

Thittagudi

www.townpanchayat.in/tittakudi

5

Kurinjipadi

www.townpanchayat.in/kurinjipadi

6

Bhuvanagiri

www.townpanchayat.in/bhuvanagiri

7

Gangaikondan

www.townpanchayat.in/gangaikondan

8

Pennadam

www.townpanchayat.in/pennadam

9

Srimushnam

www.townpanchayat.in/srimushnam

10

Sethiyathope

www.townpanchayat.in/sethiyathope

1

First Grade Town Panchayats

Lalpettai

www.townpanchayat.in/lapettai

2

Mangalampettai

www.townpanchayat.in/mangalampettai

3

Thorapadi

www.townpanchayat.in/thorapadi

4

Melpattampakkam

www.townpanchayat.in/melpattambakkam

1

Second Grade Town Panchayat

Killai

www.townpanchayat.in/killai

Contact Officer in Town Panchayats – Cuddalore District

S. No

Name of the Town Panchayats

Contact Officer

Phone Numbers

CUG Numbers

E-mail Address

1

Annamalainagar

Executive Officer

04144 – 238810

7824058363

annamalainagartp[at]gmail[dot]com

2

Kattumannarkoil

Executive Officer

04144 – 262032

7824058366

eotpc2[at]gmail[dot]com

3

Parangipettai

Executive Officer

04144 – 243249

7824058372

eotpc3[at]gmail[dot]com

4

Vadalur

Executive Officer

04142 – 259232

7824058378

eotpc4[at]gmail[dot]com

5

Thittagudi

Executive Officer

04143- 255369

7824058376

eotpc5[at]gmail[dot]com

6

Kurinjipadi

Executive Officer

04142- 258387

7824058368

kurinjipaditp.cud[at]gmail[dot]com

7

Bhuvanagiri

Executive Officer

04144- 241212

7824058364

bhuvanagiritp[at]gmail[dot]com

8

Gangaikondan

Executive Officer

04142 – 262354

7824058365

eotpc8[at]gmail[dot]com

9

Pennadam

Executive Officer

04143- 222221

7824058373

eotpc9[at]gmail[dot]com

10

Srimushnam

Executive Officer

04144 – 245388

7824058375

srimushnamtp[at]gmail[dot]com

11

Lalpettai

Executive Officer

04144- 268078

7824058369

eotpc11[at]gmail[dot]com

12

Mangalampettai

Executive Officer

04143- 244240

7824058370

eotpc12[at]gmail[dot]com

13

Thorapadi

Executive Officer

04142 – 244905

7824058377

eotpthorapadi[at]gmail[dot]com

14

Melpattampakkam

Executive Officer

04142- 276489

7824058371

melpattampakkamtp[at]gmail[dot]com

15

Killai

Executive Officer

04144 – 249227

7824058367

killaitp[at]gmail[dot]com

16

Sethiyathope

Executive Officer

04144 – 244252

7824058374

eotpc16[at]gmail[dot]com

Implementation of Schemes in the Year 2016-17

Sl.No

Schemes

Target

Amount (Rs. in lakhs)

1

TURIP _ Tamilnadu Urban Road Infrastructure Project

4

310.00

2

IGFF (Construction of New Slaughter House)

1

36.00

3

IGFF (Roads)

3

165.00

4

SDRF (Water Supply works)

7

91.00

5

General Fund (Water Supply works)

10

78.00

6

NABARD RIDF – XXII

10

765.00

7

Housing For All (HFA)

6154

13052.83

8

Swachh Bharath Mission- IHHL

7298

583.84

9

Swachh Bharath Mission- CT

127

82.55

10

MLA CDs

38

129.80

11

MP Lad

10

48.30

Total

13662

15342.32

Implementation of Schemes in the Year 2017-18

Sl.No

Schemes

Target

Amount (Rs. in lakhs)

1

Housing For All (HFA)

881

2179.48

2

TURIP _ Tamilnadu Urban Road Infrastructure Project

6

330.00

3

Operation and Maintenance Gap filling Fund

6

450.00

4

NABARD RIDF

7

430.00

5

Drought Water Supply work – General Fund

19

156.85

6

MLA CDs

30

124.70

7

MP Lad

11

71.95

Total

960

3742.98

RTI Contacts

Office Name

Subject

Public Information Officer

Appellate Authority

Concerned Town Panchayat

RTI Petition

Concerned Executive Officer

Asst. Director of Town Panchayats, Cuddalore Zone.

II. Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) IHHL

Gangaikondan, Kattumannarkoil, Kurinjipadi, Melpattampakkam, Parangipettai, Pennadam, Thittagudi and Killai, 8 Town Panchayats in Cuddalore District has been declared as open defecation free by Government of India and the balance 8 Town Panchayats are yet to be declared as open defecation free by Government of India.
In Swachh Bharath Mission during the years 2015-16 and 2016-17, 5865 Individual House Hold Toilet has been sanctioned and all the 5865 toilets has been constructed by the beneficiaries.
145 No. of Community Toilets has been constructed in various schemes at an estimate cost Rs. 94.25 lakhs and all the 145 toilet is been used by the public.
In the fiscal year 2017-18, 1497 Individual House Hold toilet has been taken up and all the toilets has been constructed and brought in to use by the beneficiaries
This scheme is been successfully implemented in all the Town Panchayats of Cuddalore District, maximum of the public in the Town Panchayat are having their own toilet and only some of the public doesn’t have their own toilet they use community toilet and public toilet now the Town Panchayat are open defecation free and they are yet to be declared as open defecation free by Government of India.

III. Housing for All (Pradhama Mandri Awas Yojana Scheme) (PMAY)

In 16 Town Panchayats 1067 beneficiaries has been selected for construction of houses at an estimate cost of Rs. 3361.05 Lakhs (1 house Rs.2.10 lakhs grant) under Housing for All scheme in the year 2015-16. So far 832 Houses has been constructed by the beneficiaries. Balance 235 houses construction work under progress.
In 13 Town Panchayats 5853 beneficiaries has been selected for construction of houses at an estimate cost of Rs.18436.95 Lakhs (1 house Rs.2.10 lakhs Grant) under Housing for All scheme in the year 2016-17. So far 34 Houses has been constructed by the beneficiaries. Balance 5819 houses construction work under progress.
Town Panchayat (Srimushnam Town Panchayat) taken for construction of 115 Houses at an estimate cost of Rs.47.25 Lakhs (1 house Rs.2.10 lakhs Grant) under Housing for All scheme in the year 2017-18. . The houses are being constructed by beneficiaries.

IV. Solid Waste Management

The solid waste management scheme is implemented in all the 16 Town Panchayats of Cuddalore District. The scheme is implemented in Town Panchayats through the sanitary workers of Town Panchayats and women self help group members. The concept of the scheme is to keep the town neat, clean and free from pollution. Awareness created to the public to segregate the waste into Bio-degradable and Non-Bio degradable. After collecting the wastes from the houses, the same is processed in the Resource Recovery Park. The wastes are further converted into manure in cubicles. The compost is sold to the farmers at the lowest cost.

Appeal to People :

Co-operate with Town Panchayats to make Clean and Green city. Avoid littering in public places, segregate garbage and hand over the same to Town Panchayat’s sanitary workers. Follow innovative methods to reduce garbage. Form Kitchen Garden and promote roof top garden to make eco-friendly atmosphere free from pollution.

For further details contact

Asst. Director of Town Panchayats,
Old District Board Building complex,
Beach Road,
Cuddalore – 607 001.